Solemarch - Yoga for Trauma is a 25 hour weekend training, meant to lay the foundation for teaching yoga to people who have experienced trauma.

We live in an incredibly diverse society, with equally diverse life experiences. How anyone responds to any one type of traumatic experience varies from person to person. There is no right or wrong way to respond to any stressful event, but how we treat each other and ourselves sometimes requires more care and consideration.

After more traumatic experiences, such as rape, war, systemic racism, car accidents, losing a loved one or physical, sexual or verbal abuse, to name only a few, most of us would benefit from a type of yoga or meditation practice that is unlike your typical “open” class. For a traumatized individual, those classes can seem intimidating, alienating and simply not comforting. In this training, you will learn some methods and concepts of teaching a class for those who’ve experienced trauma and need something different from conventional offerings of yoga.

We will explore the impact of racial trauma and how important it is to hold space for the lived experiences of people of color. We will explore serving different populations such as communities of color, rape and domestic violence survivors, and veterans and the military community.

This training will include lecture, practicing Yoga for Trauma and practice teaching sessions.